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The final day of the 2023 Texas Legislative Session is May 29th. With only eleven days remaining until sine die, the Texas House of Representatives is urgently trying to get domestic sports betting across the finish line. House Bill 1942 would allow for legal online sports betting in Texas if signed into law. Texas … Read more
Four weeks ago, we reported on over 250,000 illegal bets made on Super Bowl 57 from inside the state of Missouri and its potential impact on the legalization of domestic sportsbooks. MO lawmakers are now one step closer to making sports betting legal as a bill made it through the House on Monday. The bill … Read more
Oklahoma is one of the few remaining states that has yet to regulate some form of sports betting. House Bill 1027 is currently traveling through the OK legislature and will make sports betting legal if passed. The Oklahoma Horse Racing Commission will be the governing body of legal sports betting in Oklahoma if HB 1027 … Read more
The Kentucky House of Representatives has now passed a bill that would allow 18 and older gamblers in the state to bet on sports at a domestic sportsbook. House Bill 551 is now in the hands of the KY Senate for further consideration. While this is cause for optimism, similar bills have passed through the … Read more
The Georgia State Legislative Session began on January 9th with the promise of domestic sports betting on the horizon. With 19 days until session concludes, it appears that domestic sportsbooks are poised for failure, with key deadlines already passed. On Monday, lawmakers in the GA Senate rejected a proposal that would amend the state constitution … Read more
The 2023 Texas State Legislature began on January 10th and will convene on May 29th. That gives TX lawmakers 12 weeks to consider and pass sports betting before sine die. Three sports betting bills are now making their way through committee and appear poised for debate on the Texas House and Senate floors in the … Read more
A new legal sports betting bill has been introduced in Minnesota that will clear the path for mobile sportsbook apps. HF2000, if passed, could allow for mobile sports betting to occur before the end of 2023. We’ve combed through the bill to see what it has in store regarding legal sports betting in Minnesota. What’s … Read more
The State of North Carolina currently features sports betting at in-person casinos located in Cherokee. These casinos are controlled by tribal interests, and with sports betting intake filed under general gambling revenue, the dollars are difficult to track. Ultimately, money is the driving force behind most efforts to legalize domestic sportsbooks across the United States. … Read more
The Kansas City Chiefs are the Super Bowl 57 Champions. It is the third Lombardi Trophy they’ve won during the history of the franchise, and the second in four seasons. The success of the Chiefs has given local fans in Missouri plenty of reason to get excited. In fact, during Super Bowl LVII, at least … Read more
Can you imagine a better time for legal sports betting in Nebraska to debut than during the two weeks leading up to the Super Bowl? That’s exactly what’s happened, as Nebraska sports betting became legal yesterday, 11 days prior to Super Bowl LVII. The only problem is there are no retail sports betting venues open … Read more
As the number of US states that allow for legal sports betting of some kind continues to grow, gamblers in territories where no sportsbooks are present are now traveling to neighboring regions to place a wager. This is especially true in areas of the country that share borders with states that offer mobile sports betting. … Read more
Georgia Representative Ron Stephens backed two legal sports betting bills during the 2022 GA legislative session that did not receive the support required to pass. The 2023 session doesn’t begin until April 10th, but Representative Stephens is already poised to introduce another bill for legal sports betting in Georgia. This time, he’ll have more data … Read more